{"id":"CVE-2026-35349","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-35349","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:47.297Z","title":"A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection.","description":"A vulnerability in the rm utility of uutils coreutils allows a bypass of the --preserve-root protection. The implementation uses a path-string check rather than comparing device and inode numbers to identify the root directory. An attacker or accidental user can bypass this safeguard by using a symbolic link that resolves to the root directory (e.g., /tmp/rootlink -> /), potentially leading to the unintended recursive deletion of the entire root filesystem.","published":"2026-04-22T17:16:37.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["uutils/coreutils"],"epss":{"score":0.00185,"percentile":0.08013,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/pull/9706","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/releases/tag/0.7.0","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35349","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}